天下没有不散的筵席

• 大(adult; large (pictographic))RADICAL
• 一(one; top)ASSOCIATIVE

The sky is the vast, boundless expanse that lies above human beings.

• 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
• 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE

A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.

• 氵(water; liquid; juice)RADICAL
• 殳(weapon; club)PHONETIC

Water pressing down and submerging everything like a stick striking downward causes things to disappear.

• 月(moon; flesh (iconic representation))RADICAL
• 又(right hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE

A hand holding a piece of meat — that is 'to have'.

• 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE

A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.

• ⺼(flesh; body)RADICAL
• 攵(hand holding stick; striking action)ASSOCIATIVE
• 散(scatter; disperse)ASSOCIATIVE

A hand holding a stick strikes meat, scattering and dispersing everything in all directions.

• 白(white; bright)RADICAL
• 勺(spoon)PHONETIC

A spoon catching sunlight shines brightly and clearly — the character means "of" or shows clarity and definiteness.

• 广(roof; structure)RADICAL
• 廿(twenty; many interlaced strands)ASSOCIATIVE
• 巾(cloth; towel)ASSOCIATIVE

A mat is a woven cloth made from many fibers spread under the roof of a house to sit on.